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Set in Brooklyn during the 1950s against a backdrop of union corruption and violence. A prostitute falls in love with one of her customers. Also a disturbed man discovers that he is ...
- DIRECTOR
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- Uli Edel
- WRITERS
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- Hubert Selby Jr.
- Desmond Nakano
- Allied Filmmakers
- STUDIOS
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- Allied Filmmakers
- Bavaria Film
- Neue Constantin Film
Taken from Hubert Selby, Jr.'s controversial novel. A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute falls in love with one of her clients; a family cannot cope with the fact that their daughter is illegitimately pregnant.
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